06 July, 2012

Kruishoutem = WIN

I won my second race of the season yesterday! It was a
fairly standard Kermis race around a good little circuit with a section of
cobbles, some tight corners and quite a few people watching.

Where's Wally?

I spent most of the race creeping around, letting
things unfold and watching people. I’m doing quite well at my new tactic of letting
other people be the aggressors and using them as much as possible.

Yeah Buddy!

It’s so good to win again, as it’s been over four months and
I’d almost forgotten how. Hopefully I can keep being a crafty devil and get a
few more good results before the season’s out.

DreamTeam

I went to a Pro Kermis yesterday with Llewellyn and we paid three euros to race a full Rabobank squad, including Lars Boom and Michael Matthews, 1t4i rider John Degenkolb, and a fleet of other top Pros. It was pretty darn cool. I did plenty of sneaking around and hiding as the professional Kermisses are 160km, which is a full length race in my eyes!

Here comes the pain train.

Nearing the end there was a break of seven riders just up the road and I thought I'd try to attack across (that's a joke by the way; it was Lars Boom and Andy Fenn up the road!).

But I did attack with 2km to go and felt good. There was no getting away from the Rabobank leadout train for Theo Bos though and I was reeled in. I snuck back into the line and managed 27th place. All in all a really fun day. I can't wait for my next pro Kermis.